You searched for iran - Page 76 of 80

Search Results for: iran

Bill Moyers: “We are hostage to his fortune”: Sheldon Adelson, Benjamin Netanyahu and America’s dark money conspiracy

[email protected] June 29, 2017 israel hayom, Sheldon Adelson

Billionaire Sheldon Adelson officially gives hundreds of millions of dollars to GOP politicians, plus untold sums in “dark money”; in addition, he bankrolls Benjamin Netanyahu through his right-wing newspaper. Bottom line: Adelson gives Netanyahu power in Israel through his own private news outlet, and in the US by buying off Congress and calling the shots on its Middle East policies.

Read the rest of this entry

Telesur: Will New Crown Prince in Riyadh Usher in Open Saudi-Israeli Alliance?

[email protected] June 25, 2017 crown prince, mohammed bin salman, normalization

Newly appointed Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has been hailed by some as a “modernizer” in the benighted, monarchy-plagued region. Rumors swirl that he is among a significant faction of Saudi royals who support the creation of a nominal, Israeli-dominated “Palestinian state.”

Read the rest of this entry

IRMEP Poll: Most Americans Aren’t Zionists But Democratic and Republican Party Platforms Are

[email protected] June 25, 2017 AIPAC, israel lobby, survey, zionism

Grant Smith of IRMEP reports that a poll reveals the disconnect between the American public and Congress on the issue of Israel. Both major US political parties are overwhelmingly Zionist, while their constituents, according to the poll, are only 24.9% Zionist.

Read the rest of this entry

Ha’aretz: Israel Reportedly Providing Direct Aid, Funding to Syrian Rebels

[email protected] June 19, 2017 golan heights, Syria

Israel has been secretly providing aid to Syrian rebels in the Golan Heights for years with the goal of maintaining a buffer zone of friendly forces to keep ISIS and forces aligned with Iran at bay, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal, creating a reality in which several armed groups and much of the civilian population in the area are reliant on Israeli aid.

Read the rest of this entry

Gideon Levy: Thom Yorke, This Is Why You Should Boycott Israel

[email protected] June 15, 2017 BDS, Gideon Levy, Haaretz, radiohead, thom yorke

Ha’aretz’s Gideon Levy writes: Isn’t it time to do away with the artificial distinction between the Israelis who view themselves as nice and just and the brutal occupation they are responsible for? Hasn’t the time come to punish them in a nonviolent manner for the crimes that each and every one of them is party to?

Read the rest of this entry

Kafr Qasim killing shows police threat to Palestinian citizens of Israel

[email protected] June 10, 2017 gilad erdan, kafr qasim, mahmoud taha

An Israeli security guard shot and killed 28-year-old Mahmoud Mahmoud Salim Taha, at the police station in Kafr Qasim on Monday night. This is the latest of over 30 Palestinian citizens of Israel to be killed in violent episodes in 2017, and again the police shake off responsibility.

Read the rest of this entry

The Relentless Pulse of Pro-Israel Propaganda in Our Lives: Tim Sanders’ BBC documentary misleads listeners

[email protected] June 9, 2017 propaganda

Thomas Harrington discusses how Israel and its supporters plant deceptive, self-serving narratives at the highest levels of western media, e.g. a BBC radio documentary by Israel partisan Tim Samuels about Israeli doctors who help Syrian refugees—what it says and what it does not say…

Read the rest of this entry

Senate bill would elevate role of anti-Semitism envoy

[email protected] June 8, 2017 antisemitism

Sens. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., and Marco Rubio, R-Fla., introduced a bill that would elevate the position to ambassadorial level. A companion bill was introduced in the House earlier this year…

Read the rest of this entry

Who Started the Six Day War of June 1967?

[email protected] June 7, 2017 Bret Stephens, history, Nasser, NY Times, Six Day War

Author Jeremy Hammond addresses in detail the inaccurate rendition by Bret Stephens that was published by the New York Times, in which Israel is the alleged victim of aggression…

Read the rest of this entry

Alison Weir’s 70th Birthday Tribute: Part 2

[email protected] June 3, 2017

As promised in our previous post, here are more of the messages composing our tribute to Alison Weir in honor of her birthday. We were waiting to post some of the birthday messages until we could deliver them the old-fashioned way, in person. We’d like to share these now, along with her heartfelt thanks for all the messages and support of peace and justice!

Read the rest of this entry